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BBC iPlayer?

Hi,
I have searched the internet and as far as I'm aware, there isn't a Windows Mobile app that plays the BBC iPlayer.
I have notice that the new Nokia N96 has this functionality.
Is their already a windows mobile application for the iPlayer?
If not would it be feasible to have an application similar to the youTube one?
Thanks

ricriley said:
Hi,
I have searched the internet and as far as I'm aware, there isn't a Windows Mobile app that plays the BBC iPlayer.
I have notice that the new Nokia N96 has this functionality.
Is their already a windows mobile application for the iPlayer?
If not would it be feasible to have an application similar to the youTube one?
Thanks
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same here i want the iplayer on my diamond and if any one out there could help please do

I have found this post from a couple of months ago:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=425454&highlight=bbc+iplayer
Though it didn't seem to come to any conclusion...

iplayer
this would be so cool on the diamond....
help anyone?????

Iplayer Not Possible On Any Phone..
BBC IPLAYER ACCESS ON DIAMOND/ANY PHONE NOT POSSIBLE...
THE ONLY MOBILE BROWSER CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING THE LATEST FLASH ETC IS SKYFIRE,BUT SKYFIRE USES AN AMERICAN PROXY SERVER WHICH CAUSES "MUST BE IN UK TO WATCH " ERROR
THEREFORE BBCIPLAYER IS NOT POSSIBLE AND WONT BE UNTIL SKYFIRE CREATE A UK PROXY SERVER (NOT FOR A LONG LONG LONG TIME)

I have had a go at this (unsuccessfully). I even tried spoofing opera's user-agent to an iphones user-agent but although I got the iphone version of the iplayer website, the streams would not play. (there was some text visible about requiring a plug-in)

The BBC rather too accurately detect the flash version. I've just a similar problem with my Ubuntu 8.10 install until I rolled flash back to version 9.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/233295/iplayer-to-synchronise-shows-on-pcs-and-phones.html#
iPlayer to synchronise shows on PCs and phones
The BBC's iPlayer service will synchronise downloaded TV shows across all your PCs and mobiles, as part of a forthcoming integration with Windows Live Mesh, writes Barry Collins in Los Angeles.

a valid point merrica
although,this mobile integration of live mesh and bbc iplayer
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/233295/iplayer-to-synchronise-shows-on-pcs-and-phones.html# is good ,its still not what we need as it is limitied to what you have on your home pc,its exactly the same as using orb or any other mobile-streaming app....the point is real-time bbciplayer access wont be possible for a while
(i mean going to bbc iplayer and randomly choosing a show.i.e. tonights eastenders..this wont be possible until skyfire has a uk proxy option)

You do know that you can
download programme content from the iplayer website an then upload it to your phone and watch through WM player. It does need to download the DRM to your phone.

deathoffleas said:
download programme content from the iplayer website an then upload it to your phone and watch through WM player. It does need to download the DRM to your phone.
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I think the majority of people here would like to stream directly from their devices.

deathoffleas said:
download programme content from the iplayer website an then upload it to your phone and watch through WM player. It does need to download the DRM to your phone.
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I tried doing this for the first time yesterday, but when I put the file onto my diamond it would'nt play the file due to DRM. you put that it needs to download the DRM to your phone.... so how does it do that?
It'd be nice to be able to stream it straight to the phone, but i'd be happy to download the shows that I want for now, but don't know where to start with DRM??

open in wm player and should auto download opening both ie and opera for some reason. both pages will be blank. please note this takes ages sometimes

I have managed to get the N96 / Samsung I900 streams to work fine on my X1.
http://blog.artesea.co.uk/2008/11/b...-the-x1-or-even-the-diamond-or-touch-pro.html
Can you test with your Diamonds?

it seems to work but the iplayer service keeps going down,so i will try again later and hopefully get to see a stream.

I've heard that iPlayer seems to work fine on the latest beta of Skyfire, which also plays youtube flawlessly. Here is the review of skyfire (http://gadgetmix.com/index/?p=1476)

Iplayer on wm6 with ease
Skyfire Beta is now available to anyone in the uk. I downloaded it the other day and can now view any website including Youtube, BBC iPlayer, Joox, gamesloth and so on. It runs the webpage from thier systems and you view it on your handset. give it a blast. its free.

ive been using skyfire for a while,i would just like to see other browsers having this capability,
Maybe in opera it might sit the picture on the screen a bit better without having to rotate the screen and stuff.

Is anyone getting sound from the bbc iPlayer on Skyfire?

ricriley said:
Is anyone getting sound from the bbc iPlayer on Skyfire?
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I got sound on my X1 when using SkyFire. There is an option in SkyFire to disable/enable audio, also double check the iPlayer has the volume set.

Using HTC YouTube app to view embedded YouTube content on a webpage

Hi,
First off, I have done my research! I promised... looked through the posts (Wiki page/Tips & Tricks..) and can't seems to find anything pertaining to this.
What I'd like to know is:
- Is there a way to view YouTube video embedded in a webpage (Web Browsing using Opera Browser that comes with my HD2) by using the inbuilt HTC YouTube app - Eg. tap on the YouTube video on a webpage, HTC YouTube app starting automatically to play the video.
Thanks in advance!
Douglas
Ps. HD2 ROCKS!!!

Hi
As far as i Know (my HD2 is on its way and my HD on Ebay ) the opera doesn't have a flash support yet but the IE mobile browser on HD2 does have flash embedded which means that you get a flash player startet by tapping on your video
I've seen that also on a review on youtube....
Cheers,
LEE

Thanks for your prompt reply.
I'm really want this to work in Opera browser... I suppose such is life...

works perfectly in Opera 10 Beta 2...click the video and it opens in the streaming player.

mkent_barbados said:
works perfectly in Opera 10 Beta 2...click the video and it opens in the streaming player.
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Hi... Did u have to install anything other than Opera 10 B2? As I'd just tried it out, and YouTube content on the webpage just shows a place holder with text showing "Plug In Content"... Did I do something wrong..?

As far as I'm aware, the only browser which allows this is Skyfire. I use that for video and Opera for all other browsing (as Skyfire is a bit pants really).

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544770
Check out that thread. If you follow all the steps, you can also watch youtube and other flash sites in Opera.
It's also possible with IE and Skyfire.
I would prefer when browsing youtube, that it would open the youtube application, which gives better quality and speed.

The only way I've found for the youtube app to work is to stream from m.youtube.com with opera.
That's the only way I've got it to work its not the best as I hate the layout of mobile youtube but it works, like you, the youtube site on opera doesn't show any clickable links or videos for the hd2's youtube client to work with.

Well yes, I meant on m.YouTube.com, and other mobile sites. On a mobile after all.

mkent_barbados said:
works perfectly in Opera 10 Beta 2...click the video and it opens in the streaming player.
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And with Opera 10 final?
Tks!

youtube works on Opera 10 without need for m,

Are you sure?
My Opera Mobile 10 doesn't stream youtube, mobile or desktop version.
Having a look to Opera's and other forums, it can't stream youtube...

Mine does, search around this forum for /TX Opera Mobile10 With Flash /in the settings enable Plugins.

but it does stream youtube through the streaming media player instead of the youtube player and the quality is quite decreased....

If it streams via any external player it's ok for me, it is important that it doesn't play in browser, because quality is worst...
It's exactly what I'm searching for, mine actually plays in browser or doesn't play, so, how to make it play in streaming player or youtube or core player?

The latest version of Opera will stream youtube video and depending upon your connection it is either good or bad.......

Are you sure?
My Opera Mobile streams no video...

[Q] tv

just wondering if there is anyway to get bbc i player, 4od etc on the wildfire ? if so how ???

ven2112 said:
just wondering if there is anyway to get bbc i player, 4od etc on the wildfire ? if so how ???
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Get myPlayer for BBC iPlayer

My bro uses SBP TV but i dunno can you watch the BBC with it.

I can't find myplayer in either the market or AppBrain. Although 2 days ago when I had it (Before I flashed my Wildfire to PuzzzleRom 7.3) I had it..lol
Any ideas? or a apk?
Cheers

Google 4shared when u found the site ....search myplayer .apk
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App

the my player works a treat , thanks ! just need itv player now

[Q] Flash player

Hi everybody,
Has anyone try to view flash video on the streak; has anyone issues with it and how did you resolve this? I am on a site which is broadcasting flash videos; my streak is charging them but nothing happens, any ideas? How can I resolve it? Do I have to download something? (I am running the official dell froyo update)
Thanks for answering

It SHOULD play the vids. I've tried iplayer on Wifi and it worked really well indeed (I'm using Steve's custom 2.2 build 1.4.1)
....thinks....ooh yeah - have you downloaded the flash 10.1 player from the market?

triondave said:
It SHOULD play the vids. I've tried iplayer on Wifi and it worked really well indeed (I'm using Steve's custom 2.2 build 1.4.1)
....thinks....ooh yeah - have you downloaded the flash 10.1 player from the market?
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lol
good one

Adobe flash player
Yes I did but on some sites it's charging without playing...

hmm. any sites in particular? I'll try them on mine and see what happens (assuming they're respectable of course... )

Its a belgian news site : "rtl info.be"; the video's are charging but not playing.

well I've had a quick look and it's certainly downloading the vids BUT at work I just don't have a fast enough connection - a couple of bars of Edge is the best I get.
I'll try again at home, on Wifi. They seem to be quite big files.....

Ah just noticed - they're mp4 not flash! Hth?

triondave said:
Ah just noticed - they're mp4 not flash! Hth?
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tried to view them with skyfire webbrowser ?
or rockplayer.

Flash player
Hi,
I have found a solution by using firefox beta browser for android, works like a charm; I am downloading the videos and watching them by using rockplayer.

yTUR31 said:
Hi,
I have found a solution by using firefox beta browser for android, works like a charm; I am downloading the videos and watching them by using rockplayer.
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cool
good to know

Is there anyway to get BBC and ITV player to work on the San Francisco???

Just tried using SkyFire browser and thats not working too, if only flash would work

Then no it won't work since I've tried the ARM v6 modded Flash Player and it doesn't work on the iPlayer/ITV Player sites and apps.

Would upgrading to the 2.3 release not help this?

chrisredmayne said:
Would upgrading to the 2.3 release not help this?
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Well, I was running 2.3 when I tried to play videos from iPlayer and ITV Player but they didn't work.

No even the hacked flash apk just crashes.

didnt work for me either

That sucks, what happened to mplayer?

chrisredmayne said:
Just tried using SkyFire browser and thats not working too, if only flash would work
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Try subscribing why should we in the UK pay for US customers, know how much the tv licence is here...!!
Sent via smoke signals

chrisredmayne said:
That sucks, what happened to mplayer?
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BBC made them kill the iPlayer streaming and even with old versions of the .apk they seem to have blocked it from accessing their streams.

There's beebplayer.
There's also catchuptv.com

Think you mean m.tvcatchup.com, only does live tv though
beebplayer hasn't worked (for me) for a long time now

read somewhere that bbc iplayer works on gsf 19 thru skyfire

I use stock browser
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA Premium App

I can confirm that skyfire can play iplayer files from video library I didn't manage to start the live stream video, but radio streams work fine.
I use GSF (b13), but this should work on other roms (there is no need for flash player).